State of Conservation
31
Reports
31
Properties concerned
10
States Parties with SOC reports
Date Start:
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Date end:2024close
Region:
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States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Commercial development Desertification Housing Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Land conversion Management activities War Water infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Functional decay of the residential neighborhoods; Physical damage and instability of buildings; Problems with the network for the evacuation of rainwater |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Financial resources Fire (widlfires) Human resources Management systems/ management plan War Water (rain/water table) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Financial resources Human resources War Water (rain/water table) |
Other Threats: | Damage to historic buildings |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | State of Palestine |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A.Add.4 |
Threats*: | Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community Invasive/alien terrestrial species |
Other Threats: | Potential construction of a separation fence (wall) |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Lebanon |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | - state of critical conservation conditions and need for emergency stabilisation measures - vulnerability to potential inappropriate developments |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Libya |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Human resources Illegal activities Management systems/ management plan War |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Management systems/ management plan War |
Other Threats: | Weathering and lack of maintenance affecting the fragile structures Encroachment, urban sprawl and bulldozing activities |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Syrian Arab Republic |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7A |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure Financial resources Ground transport infrastructure Housing Illegal activities Localised utilities Major linear utilities Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure Management systems/ management plan Relative humidity War |
Other Threats: | serious weathering of many stone blocks |
Danger List: | Yes |
States Parties: | Yemen |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Civil unrest Fishing/collecting aquatic resources Governance Ground transport infrastructure Invasive / alien marine species Legal framework Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals Management systems/ management plan Pollution of marine waters Solid waste Storms |
States Parties: | Iraq |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B.Add.4 |
Threats*: | Legal framework Management systems/ management plan |
Other Threats: | Highly unstable conservation conditions of the archaeological sites; Need to conduct further studies regarding minimum water flows |
States Parties: | Algeria |
Year: | 2024 |
Document Source: | WHC/24/46.COM/7B |
Threats*: | Deliberate destruction of heritage Erosion and siltation/ deposition Housing Human resources Illegal activities Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation Management activities Marine transport infrastructure |
Other Threats: | Unsuitable restoration techniques, and poor conservation conditions for the archaeological remains |
States Parties
Algeria Egypt Iraq Lebanon Libya Morocco State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic YemenThreats
Management systems/ management plan 22 War 18 Housing 16 Deliberate destruction of heritage 8 Illegal activities 8 Management activities 8 Land conversion 6 Human resources 6 Desertification 5 Flooding 5 Financial resources 5 Water (rain/water table) 4 Identity, social cohesion, changes in local population and community 4 Civil unrest 4 Earthquake 4 Erosion and siltation/ deposition 4 Legal framework 4 Ground transport infrastructure 3 Relative humidity 3 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3 Governance 3 Major visitor accommodation and associated infrastructure 2 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 2 Localised utilities 2 Water infrastructure 2 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 2 Quarrying 2 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 2 Society's valuing of heritage 2 Fire (widlfires) 2 Invasive/alien terrestrial species 2 Commercial development 1 Interpretative and visitation facilities 1 Marine transport infrastructure 1 Major linear utilities 1 Pollution of marine waters 1 Solid waste 1 Surface water pollution 1 Crop production 1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 1 Mining 1 Wind 1 Military training 1 Storms 1 Invasive / alien marine species 1 High impact research / monitoring activities 1
* :
The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).
** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.